JM

James C. Minikus

SI Smith International: 17 patents #40 of 708Top 6%
📍 Brooks Road, CA: #51 of 1,361 inventorsTop 4%
🗺 California: #32,725 of 386,348 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #258,556 of 4,157,543Top 7%
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Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8205692 Rock bit and inserts with a chisel crest having a broadened region Scott D. McDonough, Brandon M. Moss 2012-06-26
7832506 Cutting elements with increased toughness and thermal fatigue resistance for drilling applications Dah-Ben Liang, Gary R. Portwood, Amardeep Singh, Jonathan Bitler 2010-11-16
6782959 Cutter element with non-linear, expanded crest Chris E. Cawthorne, Stephen C. Steinke, Gary R. Portwood, Gary E. Garcia, David P. Moran +1 more 2004-08-31
6651758 Rolling cone bit with elements fanned along the gage curve Ying Xiang 2003-11-25
6561293 Cutter element with non-linear, expanded crest Chris E. Cawthorne, Stephen C. Steinke, Gary R. Portwood, Gary E. Garcia, David P. Moran +1 more 2003-05-13
6510909 Rolling cone bit with gage and off-gage cutter elements positioned to separate sidewall and bottom hole cutting duty Gary R. Portwood, Gary E. Garcia, Per Ivar Nese, Dennis Cisneros, Chris E. Cawthorne 2003-01-28
6390210 Rolling cone bit with gage and off-gage cutter elements positioned to separate sidewall and bottom hole cutting duty Gary R. Portwood, Gary E. Garcia, Per Ivar Nese, Dennis Cisneros, Chris E. Cawthorne 2002-05-21
6161634 Cutter element with non-rectilinear crest Chris E. Cawthorne, Stephen C. Steinke, Gary R. Portwood, Gary E. Garcia, David P. Moran 2000-12-19
6059054 Non-symmetrical stress-resistant rotary drill bit cutter element Gary R. Portwood, Gary E. Garcia, Per Ivar Nese, Chris E. Cawthorne, Scott D. McDonough 2000-05-09
6029759 Hardfacing on steel tooth cutter element Jiinjen Albert Sue, Zhigang Fang 2000-02-29
5967245 Rolling cone bit having gage and nestled gage cutter elements having enhancements in materials and geometry to optimize borehole corner cutting duty Gary E. Garcia, Gary R. Portwood, Per Ivar Nese, Dennis Cisneros, Chris E. Cawthorne +1 more 1999-10-19
5868213 Steel tooth cutter element with gage facing knee Dennis Cisneros, Scott D. McDonough, Chris E. Cawthorne 1999-02-09
5839526 Rolling cone steel tooth bit with enhancements in cutter shape and placement Dennis Cisneros, Scott D. McDonough, Chris E. Cawthorne 1998-11-24
5833020 Rolling cone bit with enhancements in cutter element placement and materials to optimize borehole corner cutting duty Gary R. Portwood, Gary E. Garcia, Per Ivar Nese, Dennis Cisneros, Chris E. Cawthorne 1998-11-10
5421424 Bowed out chisel insert for rock bits Gary R. Portwood, Scott D. McDonough, Michael A. Siracki 1995-06-06
5172777 Inclined chisel inserts for rock bits Michael A. Siracki 1992-12-22
5172779 Radial crest insert Michael A. Siracki, Gary R. Portwood, Chris E. Cawthorne 1992-12-22
4832139 Inclined chisel inserts for rock bits Chris E. Cawthorne 1989-05-23